Wednesday, October 17, 2012

AI War 6.0 Trailer (Also Featuring Ancient Shadows)

Version 6.0 of the cult classic strategy game AI War: Fleet Command arrives this Friday the 19th, along with its fourth expansion: Ancient Shadows. One of the best-reviewed PC games of 2009, AI War has continued to grow each year with new expansions, new free content, and continual refinements to the deep strategic gameplay it already boasted.

Selected Reviews

AI War breaks most of the genre's rules. Which is precisely why
it's incredible... This out-of-the-blue one-man passion project is
one of this year's finest strategy games.- Alec Meer, PC Gamer UK, November 2009

It's a balancing act, with your own strength on one side, and the
AI's opinion of you on the other. Piss it off before you're ready to
face it, and you're going to get squashed. That moment, when you're
finally in a position to turn the tables, is about as glorious as
gaming gets.- Phill Cameron, Eurogamer, February 2011

Introducing Champions: These modular behemoths can be upgraded, gain
EXP, and lend powerful aid to your main forces. But champions possess a
unique power that sets them even further apart from other units: they
can explore entirely new parts of the galaxy where the AI cannot
reach. Splinter factions of humans, zenith, neinzul, and spire all
dwell in those backwater nebulae. Some are hiding. Some are
plotting. Some have gone totally insane. It is there, in the shadows,
that your champion can find relics from the ancient race which
constructed it. What power awaits? At what cost?

Key Features:
* A whole new kind of human player. It's possible to control champions
alongside your main fleet, or to have a friend or family member control
just one single massive ship.* Several new sub-races dwelling in the backwater parts of the galaxy for your champions to interact with.* Modular fortresses.* 9 new bonus ship classes.* 3 core AI guard posts and one new minor faction.* 2 new AI types.* 2 new map types.* 98 minutes of awesome new music by Pablo Vega.